Creeper attachment for shoes



Dec. 8, l925- FIG. 3'

Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

NlTED -STATES 1,564,307 PATENT ,OFFICE ANTONIO FEREO AND ANTONIOMATIZZA, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Application filed January 15, 1925.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, An'roNIo Fanno and ANTONIO Mariam. subjects of theKing of Italy, residing at New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCreeper Attachments for Shoes, of which the following is aspecification. l

rlhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements increeper attachments foi| shoes and has for its primary object to providea creeper attachment in the form of a sandal having ground engagingspurs to be attached to a boot or shoe and especially designed for useby miners, workmen in rolling or steel mills and mountain climbers orthe like.

An important object of the invention is to provide a creeper attachmentof the above type wherein the ground engaging spurs or prongs dependingfrom the heel and toe sections are arranged in groups separated bydepending ribs with the spurs of each group having their pointed groundengaging ends extending in different directions to prevent forward,rearward and lateral slipping during walking movement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a creeper attachment ofthe above type wherein the heel and toe sections are hingedly connectedtogether by an intermediate inset portion to permit the device to befolded into a compact arrangement for convenient transportation andpacking.

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists ofthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a keeper attachment for shoesconstructed in accordance with the present invention, a shoe beingillust-rated by dotted lines with the creeper operatively mountedthereon.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the creeper showing the hinged insetportion connecting the shoe and sole portions,

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line III-III ofFig. 1, and

Figure 4 is a side elevational view showing the creeper in its foldedposition.

Serial No. 2,508.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, there isillustrated a creeper attachment for shoes that is substantially in theform of a sandal having a bottom plate, preferably formed of metal withan intermediate upwardly arched instep section 1, a sole section 2 and aheel section 3, the forward end of the heel section carrying an uprightwall 4 to fit against the forward edge of the shoe heel. The threesections are hingedly connected as at 5 and 6 so thatwhen the attachmentis out of use, the same may be folded. into a compact arrangement asillustrated in Fig. 4.

Groups of ground engaging spurs separated by depending ribs and pointingin different directions are carried by the lower faces of the sole andheel sections, the sole section 2 carrying a pair of curved dependingribs 7 of the form illustrated in Fig. 2 arranged adjacent each side ofthe sole section while the toe end thereof is provided with a curvedtransversely extending rib 8 connected at its ends to the side ribs 7defining separated areas 9, 10, and side areas 11. Ground engaging spurs12 depend from the several areas and have their pointed ends 12aextending in directions as clearly illustrated. The pointed ends 12a inthe area 10 are forwardly directed while the pointed ends 12a in thearea 9 are rearwardly directed, the spurs 12 being outwardly directed ineach of thc side areas 11 as illustrated.

Curved ribs 7a depend from the heel section 3, similar to the ribs 7carried by the sole section and cooperate with the rib 8tl at the heelend of the heel section. The spurs 12 depending from the heel sectionhave the pointed ends 12"1 thereof arranged in the several areas 9a, 10aand 11a pointing in directions to prevent slipping movement duringwalking, the spurs in the sections in the areas 9a and 10a pointing inopposite directions, while the spurs in the areas 11a point outwardly.

A tip 13 and heel counter 14 are carried by the creeper and straps 15retain the keeper in position upon the shoe S.

In walking, with the creeper in position upon the shoe, the spurs in therear area 9 engage the ground and are subsequently followed by the spursin the areas 1()a and 10 to prevent forward slipping movements of thefoot while the spurs in the forward area 9 of the sole section preventsrear slipping of the foot. yEhe spurs in the side areas ll and lla.prevent lateral slipping movement` while the ribs carried hy the soleand heel sections prove serviceable when the c-reeper is used forwalking upon ice, snow or the like, also, the depending ribs deliningthe spur areas, terminate inwardly or" the pointed ends of the spurs tolimit ground-entering movement oi' the spurs so that hindi-ence towalking will be prevented.

While there is her-ein shown end described the preferred embodiment otthe present inrention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minorchanges may he made therein without departing ironi the spirit and scopeot the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is :H

l. In e creeper attachment for shoes7 a bese plate formed of enintern'iedinte instep section and sole rind heel sections hingedthereto7 means for securing the creeper upon e shoe, sets ofgronndengaging spurs depending from the sole and heel sections with thepointed ends oi each set extending in different directions to preventforward, backward and lateral slipping movements, the sets of spursbeing outwardly directed at each side of the sole and heel, andforwardly and rearwardly directed at the fron-t and rear endsrespectively of the sole and heel and ribs depending from the sole andheel sections detining areas in which the Sets 0i' ground-engaging spurspoint in different directions and terminating inwardly of the outer endsof the spurs.

2. In a. Creeper attachment for shoes, a base plete formed of anintermediate instep section and sole and heel sections hinged theretojineens tor securing the creeper upon a shoe, sets ot' ground-engagingspurs depend,-

troin J@he sole and heel sections with the pointed ends of each setextending in diliferent directions to prevent t'orward7 backward sindlateral slipping movement, the sets of spurs being ontwerdly directed ateach` side et the sole and heel7 and forwardly and rearwardly directedat the front and rear ends, respectively, of the sole and heeland ri'osdepending from the sole and heel sections detning longitudinally elinedseparated areas and lateral areas with the Sets oi' ground-engagingspurs in the different areas pointing in diterent directions end saidribs terminating inwardly 0I" the outer ends of the spurs.

In testimony whereof we eilig our signatures.

AN'roNio rnnno. ANTONIO MATIZZA.

